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Why Critics of Google's New Social Search are Wrong
By Mike Elgan | Article Published January 19, 2012
Claims that Google's new 'Search, plus Your World' is unfairly boosting Google's own service, and that the new service lessens search results, are decidedly wrong-headed.
Tags: Search plus Your World, google+, social media
Social Media Monitoring Tools: Buying Guide
By Jeff Vance | Article Published November 23, 2011
As your IT organization evaluates social media monitoring solutions for Data Loss Prevention, here are five questions you should consider.
Tags: social media, social networking, security, DLP, data loss prevention, monitoring
Social Media Trumps Salary in the Workplace
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published November 03, 2011
New study from Cisco find some surprising results in how millennials view the need for social media at work.
Tags: millennials, Cisco, social media
Integrating Social Media with CRM Apps
By Larry Marion | Article Published September 19, 2011
New book predicts linking social networking sentiment analysis with enterprise apps will be standard operating procedure.
Tags: enterprise software, CRM, social media
UK Riots: Government Mulls Social Media Controls
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published August 11, 2011
David Cameron is considering whether the government can shut down access to Twitter, Facebook and BlackBerry Messenger.
Tags: social media
How 'Social Business Intelligence' Can Help Your Business
By Linda Cole | Article Published March 23, 2011
A Forrester research analyst discusses the convergence of several key knowledge management trends.
Tags: business intelligence, business intelligence software, business analytics software, Enterprise IT, social media
How to Fail at Social Media (Hint: Never Listen)
By James Maguire | Article Published February 15, 2011
How to Fail at Social Media (Hint: Never Listen)
Tags: Twitter, LinkedIn, social media, Facebook
LinkedIn's Groups Opens Up to the Wider Web
By David Needle | Article Published December 20, 2010
Content from the new LinkedIn Open Groups is available to non-LinkedIn members.
Tags: Open Group, social media, social networking, search engine, LinkedIn
Twitter in Use by 8% of Americans: Pew
By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published December 09, 2010
Venerable research organization offers revealing look at the user base of the popular microblogging service.
Tags: Pew Research Center, social media, microblogging, Twitter, social networking
Managing Your Social Media Mess
By James Maguire | Article Published December 07, 2010
Managing Your Social Media Mess
Tags: Facebook, social media
VC Spending Slumps in 3Q But Software Still On Top
By Larry Barrett | Article Published November 05, 2010
Latest venture capital spending figures show the U.S. economy is still in a significant malaise but software firms did manage to garner the lion's share of seed money.
Tags: wireless, software, venture capital, VC, social media
Facebook Retools With Focus on User Control
By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published October 07, 2010
Leading social networking site unveils sweeping set of changes aimed at forging closer group connections, expanding users' control over their information.
Tags: social networking, privacy, Facebook, social media, Facebook marketing
Why I Still Believe In Google Me
By Mike Elgan | Article Published September 15, 2010
Google understands Facebook's Achilles heel, and will likely soon move to exploit this weakness with a solution of its own.
Tags: social network, Facebook, social media, Google, Social Networking Tools
Google Continues Social Buying Spree With SocialDeck
By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published August 31, 2010
Acquisition of mobile gaming firm marks Google's fifth buy of the month, continuing the search giant's expansion in the social arena.
Tags: social media marketing, social networking, Google, social media, Facebook
Who Says Social Networking Is a Young Man's Game?
By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published August 30, 2010
In a clear sign that social technology has gone mainstream, new report from the Pew Internet Project finds that the portion of Americans 50 or older using social networking sites has nearly doubled over the past year.
Tags: social media, Pew Research Center, social networking, Twitter, Facebook
Facebook Launches Location-Based Service
By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published August 19, 2010
The social networking giant takes the wraps off Facebook Places, a new feature that taps into the growing trend of location-based social features.
Tags: Facebook, location based, social networking, location-based services, social media
IT Comes in Second Among Employers Using Social Media
By David Needle | Article Published August 18, 2010
In a new survey by CareerBuilder, over one-third of employers said they're using social media to promote their organizations. IT was high on the list, but guess which industry came in first?
Tags: social networking, Facebook, social media, IT Jobs/Salary, Twitter
How Does Social Media Affect the Enterprise?
By Sonny Discini | Article Published August 06, 2010
By combining all of a staff member's friends, colleagues and family members into one cohort, social networks create new challenges.
Tags: Facebook, Twitter, social media, Enterprise, IT manager
Social Networks Trounce Email in Study
By David Needle | Article Published August 03, 2010
American's are spending far more time on social networks like Facebook than email. In fact, email came in third place in the Nielsen survey, behind another popular online activity.
Tags: social media, Facebook, social network, email, Twitter
Is Twitter Less Secure Than E-mail?
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published July 30, 2010
New research takes a look at the Twitter crime rate, which is on the rise, but might not be as bad as one would think.
Tags: social media, security, email security, Twitter, email
Help! We're Drowning in Social Media
By James Maguire | Article Published July 21, 2010
Help! We're Drowning in Social Media
Tags: Apple, antenna, toyota, Twitter, Facebook, social media
Socialtext Connect a Missing Link for Enterprise Apps?
By David Needle | Article Published June 17, 2010
Latest feature to the social media platform aims to surface content from other enterprise apps.
Tags: enterprise applications, enterprise apps, blogs, ERP, social media
Can Microsoft Beat Facebook?
By Mike Elgan | Article Published May 05, 2010
Microsoft’s new social media platform, Spindex, could become a leading social site, especially for business users. Or it could fail miserably.
Tags: Twitter, Microsoft, Facebook, LinkedIn, social media
Is the Enterprise Ready for Social Webcasting?
By David Needle | Article Published April 19, 2010
New service from ON24 lets you add real-time comments, tweets, update blogs and tap other social media during a Webcast.
Tags: ON24, Webcasting, social media, Social Webcasting, Twitter
Socialcast Adds BlackBerry, SharePoint Integration
By David Needle | Article Published April 01, 2010
Latest version of activity feeds service brings Twitter-like features to BlackBerry and SharePoint.
Tags: social media, Socialtext, Twitter, Salesforce Chatter, Socialcast
Twitter Gives Home Page a Dynamic Redesign
By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published March 30, 2010
Twitter gives itself a makeover as it looks to showcase the value of real-time information and shed the perception that it's just about status updates.
Tags: real-time, social network, social media, Twitter, messaging
FTC Raps Weak Privacy in the Cloud, Social Media
By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published March 18, 2010
Commission officials remain adamant that the current privacy regime isn't working and have harsh words for vendors like Google. They also remain coy about action they will take following Wednesday's third and final privacy workshop.
Tags: security, social media, privacy, cloud computing, FTC
Twitter Takes Geo-Location Feature Live
By David Needle | Article Published March 12, 2010
Now you can let the twitterverse know where you're tweeting from. But why?
Tags: Geo-tagging, Twitter, social media, Geo-location, Social Networking Tools
Awareness Console Helps Biz Manage Social Networks
By David Needle | Article Published March 12, 2010
The new Awareness Social Marketing Hub is designed to help businesses leverage multiple social networks without a lot of heavy lifting.
Tags: Awareness, Facebook, Twitter, social media, Twitter feed
Socialtext 4.0 Filters Twitter-Like Signals
By David Needle | Article Published March 03, 2010
Latest version of Socialtext includes filtering and search for its Signals microblogging feature along with new Collaborative Groups and "presence" indicator.
Tags: Twitter, Socialtext, social networking, social media
Twitter Boasts 70,000 Apps
By David Needle | Article Published March 03, 2010
Biz Stone, co-founder of the popular microblogging service, notes the growth of the company and the launch of its first developer event.
Tags: social media, Twitter, social networks, Twitter feed
Businesses Go Multiplatform for Social Media
By David Needle | Article Published February 26, 2010
A cross-section of companies in a recent survey say they are supporting eight different social media platforms on average. Which are most effective?
Tags: Twitter, Cisco, Facebook, LinkedIn, social media
Five Gmail Labs Features Get the Axe
By David Needle | Article Published February 25, 2010
Google also 'graduates' six new features to standard Gmail that had been part of ongoing test program.
Tags: social media, Gmail, Google, Social Networking Tools, google buzz
Why Google Buzz Isn't Buzzworthy
By Mike Elgan | Article Published February 10, 2010
Google Buzz’s list of features appears attractive, yet the actual implementation offers the worst of two platforms.
Tags: Google, social networking, social networks, social media, google buzz
CES 2010: Enterprises Tweet Their Way to Marketing Gold, Grief
By Larry Barrett | Article Published January 07, 2010
Twitter has changed the game for enterprise marketing and public relations teams, forcing companies to take control of their online image before everyone else does.
Tags: tech blogs, CES, social media, Twitter, social networking
Here Comes Shirky, Who Is No Jerky
By Chris Nerney | Article Published August 12, 2009
Here Comes Shirky, Who Is No Jerky
Tags: YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, blogs, social media, MySpace, Clay Shirky
Businesses Need to Work on Social Media Skills
By Dan Muse | Article Published August 07, 2009
More than one in three corporations have no policies concerning the use of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter in the workplace.
Tags: social networking, Twitter, policy, Facebook, social media
How Social Media Can Save TV News
By Mike Elgan | Article Published February 12, 2009
Don't expect me to watch television. I'll be getting the real news on Twitter.
Tags: Google, social media, advertising, video